United States Grand Prix: FINAL grid after ALL driver penalties

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start on pole for the United States Grand Prix with world champion Max Verstappen down in sixth after qualifying on Friday.

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Verstappen was set to take his 11th pole of the season only for the Red Bull driver’s last flying lap time to be deleted due to track limits.

Lando Norris’s McLaren will share the front row of Sunday’s race at Austin with Leclerc.

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Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes is on the second row with Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari.

Starting from the third row with with George Russell’s Mercedes, Verstappen has work to do to win a 15th race of the season on Sunday to match his record haul from 2022 a fortnight after sealing his third successive world title in Qatar.

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The race is due to start at 21:00 (SA time).

Grid for the United States Grand Prix after qualifying:

1st row

Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)

Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren)

2nd row

Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)

Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)

3rd row

George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)

Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)

4th row

Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine)  

Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine)

5th row

Sergio Pérez (MEX/Red Bull)

Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren)

6th row

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri)

Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)

7th row

Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)

Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas)

8th row

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/AlphaTauri)

Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Haas)

9th row

Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin)

Alex Albon (THA/Williams)

10th row

Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin)

Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams)